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Ryan Brady

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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Again, there's generally a two year window after getting your policy where they can do that. And insurance companies do this to reduce the risk of fraud. But the good thing is with basic group life insurance, they typically don't have those provisions. So your survivor should get a payout regardless of how or when you die.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

So you could probably guess what I'm going to recommend at this point, but I'd say it's generally better to get your own individual life insurance policy if you think you need more than what your company's free basic group coverage offers today. And that's because of all the reasons I kind of mentioned already. An individual policy is yours, right?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

So you could probably guess what I'm going to recommend at this point, but I'd say it's generally better to get your own individual life insurance policy if you think you need more than what your company's free basic group coverage offers today. And that's because of all the reasons I kind of mentioned already. An individual policy is yours, right?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

So you could probably guess what I'm going to recommend at this point, but I'd say it's generally better to get your own individual life insurance policy if you think you need more than what your company's free basic group coverage offers today. And that's because of all the reasons I kind of mentioned already. An individual policy is yours, right?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

So it lets you maintain coverage even if you change jobs. And as we mentioned, term life insurance is actually surprisingly affordable for a lot of people. Not only that, but getting your own policy gives you way more flexibility. You know, you could shop around with lots of providers and customize a policy that better matches your needs.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

So it lets you maintain coverage even if you change jobs. And as we mentioned, term life insurance is actually surprisingly affordable for a lot of people. Not only that, but getting your own policy gives you way more flexibility. You know, you could shop around with lots of providers and customize a policy that better matches your needs.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

So it lets you maintain coverage even if you change jobs. And as we mentioned, term life insurance is actually surprisingly affordable for a lot of people. Not only that, but getting your own policy gives you way more flexibility. You know, you could shop around with lots of providers and customize a policy that better matches your needs.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

But with a company group life insurance policy, you're generally stuck with whatever options they have available. However, supplemental group life insurance can actually be a big benefit if you're older or have health conditions and only need life insurance for a limited time. So if that's the case, then getting supplemental coverage may be your best bet.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

But with a company group life insurance policy, you're generally stuck with whatever options they have available. However, supplemental group life insurance can actually be a big benefit if you're older or have health conditions and only need life insurance for a limited time. So if that's the case, then getting supplemental coverage may be your best bet.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

But with a company group life insurance policy, you're generally stuck with whatever options they have available. However, supplemental group life insurance can actually be a big benefit if you're older or have health conditions and only need life insurance for a limited time. So if that's the case, then getting supplemental coverage may be your best bet.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Just remember, if you change jobs, your next employer may not offer supplemental coverage, or if they do, they may have different options or limitations to their plan. So just keep that in mind.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Just remember, if you change jobs, your next employer may not offer supplemental coverage, or if they do, they may have different options or limitations to their plan. So just keep that in mind.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Just remember, if you change jobs, your next employer may not offer supplemental coverage, or if they do, they may have different options or limitations to their plan. So just keep that in mind.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Yeah, so accidental death and dismemberment insurance, often called AD&D, but not to be confused with Dungeons and Dragons, is actually quite interesting. It's a sort of hybrid life insurance and disability policy, but it's not nearly as comprehensive to replace either one of those. So AD&D has two distinct parts to it.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Yeah, so accidental death and dismemberment insurance, often called AD&D, but not to be confused with Dungeons and Dragons, is actually quite interesting. It's a sort of hybrid life insurance and disability policy, but it's not nearly as comprehensive to replace either one of those. So AD&D has two distinct parts to it.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

Yeah, so accidental death and dismemberment insurance, often called AD&D, but not to be confused with Dungeons and Dragons, is actually quite interesting. It's a sort of hybrid life insurance and disability policy, but it's not nearly as comprehensive to replace either one of those. So AD&D has two distinct parts to it.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

It's got that accidental death part, which provides a payout to your loved ones if you die in an accident, such as a car crash. Then there's the dismemberment part, which pays you if you suffer an injury that results in you losing a limb or becoming blind or paralyzed. And every AD&D policy is different and covers more or less situations, but those are kind of the broad basics.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

It's got that accidental death part, which provides a payout to your loved ones if you die in an accident, such as a car crash. Then there's the dismemberment part, which pays you if you suffer an injury that results in you losing a limb or becoming blind or paralyzed. And every AD&D policy is different and covers more or less situations, but those are kind of the broad basics.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

It's got that accidental death part, which provides a payout to your loved ones if you die in an accident, such as a car crash. Then there's the dismemberment part, which pays you if you suffer an injury that results in you losing a limb or becoming blind or paralyzed. And every AD&D policy is different and covers more or less situations, but those are kind of the broad basics.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: Choosing the Right Insurance Policy to Protect Your Income

And in terms of workplace benefits, AD&D is similar to basic group life insurance. You know, your workplace often gives it to you for free, and it typically has a coverage amount of one to two times your salary. So you probably already have basic AD&D coverage through your workplace as long as you've signed up for it.